The lack of any evidence + my interest in science . My Mother is a devout Christian and we all went to church on Sunday, but one day I realized my dad never once attended,so I thought I would ask him why ? So one evening when the old man reading his science magazine and telling me the latest discovery on the theory of the evolution of man I asked him. He looked at me square on and simply said " Mumbo Jumbo son." and that was all ever said on the matter and we never mentioned it again . He was a fantastic wonderful man....